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  1. Dawson City: Frozen Time (2019)

    Director
    Bill Morrison
    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (PAL, 121 minutes), £10.76

    Named as one of the best films of 2017 by more than 100 critics worldwide, this film tells the true story of a long-lost collection of over 500 nitrate film prints dating from the early 1900s found buried in...

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  2. Gold from the Hills of North Wales (1997 Video)

    Subject
    Geology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 31 min., 1999 sale: £30.00 (VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the Dolgellau gold belt in Wales, discusses the geological conditions which have produced gold deposits, examines different methods of extraction and looks at some commercial operators.

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  3. Gold Rush Memories (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Jonathan Gili
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. b&w/col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Story of Will White from Dorset, one of thousands of amateur prospectors who rushed to the Klondike river in northern Canada in 1996 in search of gold, gleaned from his letter home. Also tells of colourful...

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  4. Air, Earth, Fire and Water (1995 Video)

    Producer
    David Berman; Nick Watson
    Subject
    Chemistry
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 162 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    4 (72 min): Explores water purity, safety and the role that chemistry plays in managing the environment. Looks at water management from the maintenance of river water quality to the detailed chemistry of the...

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  5. Gold Rush in the 1990s (1995 Video)

    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 35 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at gold prospecting and mining past and present, the geology of deposits, and the economics of mining.

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  6. Chemistry of the Environment (1993 Video)

    Subject
    Chemistry; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 34 min., 1997 sale: £28.75 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at environmental issues from a chemical perspective, examining the chemistry of substances that affect air and water. Covers: water quality - dissolved oxygen; turbidity; calcium and magnesium;...

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  7. Impact of Development (1991 Video)

    Subject
    Development studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 43 min., 1997 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the changes brought about by the development of a billion dollar gold mine on the indigenous people of Porgera, in one of the more remote areas of Papua New Guinea. As the government of PNG looks...

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  8. Contact: The Yanomami Indians of Brazil (1990 Video)

    Director
    Geoffrey O’Connor
    Distribution
    Sale, Video cassette. Standard formats. col. 28 min.

    Introduces the Amazon goldrush and shows the impact on the Yanomami Indians. Includes graphic footage of the devastating effects of mines, air traffic and disease on the Yanomami people. The various...

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  9. Mountains of Gold (1989 Video)

    Subject
    Economics; Environmental science
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min., 1993 sale: £25.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the role of the EEC, the World Bank, and multinational mining companies in the destruction of the Amazon forest and how it is related to Brazil’s national debt? Filmed over four years at Sossego,...

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  10. City of Gold (1957 Film)

    Director
    Wolf Koenig; Colin Low
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A re-creation, with the aid of contemporary photographs, and based on old-time prospectors’ recollections, of the Klondike Gold Rush of 1896, the events and personalities which were part of it, and the...

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